CHEM HAPPENS
The only element whose symbol is just one dramatic letter: “K.”
Potassium
The layer of Earth we stand on and occasionally complain about..
Crust
The organ that refuses to take a single day off your entire life.
Heart
Microorganisms that can survive and reproduce on their own.
Bacteria
When atoms share electrons because neither wants to fully commit.
Covalent bond
Mitosis
The invisible blanket of gases keeping Earth from becoming a space popsicle.
The system that attacks invaders like security at a VIP event.
Immune system
Microorganisms that must hijack your cells to reproduce.
Viruses
The measure of how strongly an atom wants electrons - "clingy energy".
Electronegativity
The molecule that decides your eye color, height, and probably your caffeine tolerance.
DNA
The slow movement of heated material in the mantle that drives plate motion.
Convection
The hormone that lowers blood sugar after you eat like you have no responsibilities.
Insulin
Medicines that bacteria hate but viruses laugh at.
Antibiotics
A reaction where one substance loses electrons while another gains them.. and yes, you still have to remember which is which.
Redox reaction
The evolutionary concept that basically says “survival of the good enough.”
Natural selection
The long-term movement of carbon through the atmosphere, oceans, organisms, and rocks.
Carbon cycle
The part of the brain responsible for balance and coordination.
Cerebellum
The process where bacteria exchange genetic material through direct contact.
Conjugation
The intermolecular force that explains why water sticks to itself, crawls up paper towels, and basically makes life possible.
Hydrogen bonding
A mutation that changes one codon so it produces a different amino acid.
Missense mutation
The zone where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another, often causing volcanoes and earthquakes.
Subduction zone
The regulatory process where the body counteracts change to maintain stability, like cooling you down when you overheat.
Homeostasis, negative feedback
Special immune cells that remember past infections for faster future responses.
Memory B cells